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BDO South Africa has a vacancy for an Internal Audit Manager to join the Internal Audit department in the Cape Town office.

 

 

 

 

 

Job Title: Internal Audit Manager
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Reference #: RAS_01
Contract Type: Permanent/Contract
Salary: Market Related

Job Summary:
The Internal Audit Manager oversees and ensures that the project runs efficiently and profitably from inception to sign-off by managing all the relevant stakeholders in accordance with the Firm’s policies and procedures.
The Internal Audit Manager further supports the Engagement Partner with clients’ commercial management and business development initiatives.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:
-Business Development:
-Assist in generating new client leads by using different tools and platforms e.g. networking, client base analysis; diversifying from a current project
-Assist with new client research, presentation and pitch preparation
-Participate in special assignment as and when required Finance
-Managing WIP and write offs
-Timeous and accurate billing of clients, using fee arrangement letters in liaison with the partner
-Timeous follow up on fee queries
-Assistance with Debtors when requested
-Negotiating budgets/fees and overuns for clients once fee base has been agreed with the partner
•Operations and Processes:
-Planning Timeously host the pre-audit meeting and ensure that the planning meeting is set up
-Ensure that the audit planning is signed off before commencement of the audit
– Prepare detailed time budgets, allocating the audit work to specific audit team members
-Communication of deadlines and budget to staff
-Assign staff to the audit engagement, determine the number of staff and the level of experience required, thereby ensuring that the project is adequately staffed
-Liaison with client and preparation of the schedule of audit requirements
-Execution Oversee and ensure that all the project activities comply with the firm’s policies and procedures
-Perform a review on all sections in the file
-On larger assignments perform full entity general review of lower risk subsidiaries
-Perform function of principal client contact and take full responsibility for the client relationship management and ensure that all queries are solved timeously
-Decide on audit appropriateness of audit opinion by resolving issues which might impact on the audit opinion and ensuring that these are brought to the attention of the engagement partner and documentation thereof
-Manage the project timelines and ensure that allocated resources are efficiently used (review timesheets to ascertain this and to also detect problem areas for individuals
-Manage the client and ensure that the project is delivered within the scope agreed on
-Review the work-in-progress and discuss with Partner for action.
-Prepare the audit efficiency checklist
– Ultimate responsibility for bringing audit to completion, sign-off and archiving in conjunction with the Engagement Partner
-Ensure that an appropriate audit report is drafted
-Ensure that matters for Partners attention and Overs/Unders schedules have been prepared and discussed with the Partner and that the Partner has signed off the schedule
-Ensure that the documents pertaining to audit finalisation / completion has been completed and reviewed (Overs/Unders, Management letter, Representation letter)
-Ensure that the post balance sheet events review work and the going concern review is completed up to the date of the signing of the audit report
-Prepare audit committee documents, attend and present at audit committees (with audit partner discussion)
-Attend and facilitate wrap-up meetings
-Negotiate overruns and budgets
-Provide low level tech support too team and department as a whole
-Provide adequate on the job training, counselling and evaluation

•Admin:
-Be responsible for staff movements on and off the job (approval of leave) and timeously communicate to all relevant parties.
-Ensure that the files for archiving are done

•People Development, Learning and Growth:
-Relationship building with the internal audit team and intern
-Mentoring of internal audit team and interns when required
-Assist with recruitment and selection e.g. interviews, VAC work
-Appointing the right talent to build the internal audit team

Requirements:
Competencies:
-Communication (Verbal and Written / Negotiation)
-Personal Development (Emotional Intelligence / Continuous Development)
-Relationship Management (Building successful teams)
-Growing the Business (Entrepreneurial spirit / Looking for Business)
-Outstanding Leadership Skills
-Client Focus (Planning, organising and control)

Qualifications:
-Four year qualification in Internal Audit
-CIA/CISA (Compulsory)

Experience:
-Minimum 5 to 8 years working experience of Internal Audit
-3 years’ trainee
-5-year supervisory level in Internal Auditing

Training:
-COSO, IDEA, Pentana

The appointment will be made in terms of the Firm’s Employment Equity Policy.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

CONSENT TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION:
By sending us your application, Curriculum Vitae, academic records, qualifications, or any other personal information as defined by POPIA:
-You have disclosed up to date and accurate records; and
-You agree to us keeping your records in our data base as per our Retention Policy.

Declaration:
By agreeing to the terms herein, you give BDO South Africa the authority to process your personal information. This consent will remain valid until such time as we have received instructions from you to request, subject to any applicable law and where appropriate, the correction, updating or deletion of your personal information held by us. You further acknowledge and declare that all personal information supplied to BDO is accurate, up to date, not misleading and complete in all respects.

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Application Deadline: 31/12/2021